Brook House Farm House

WHATCROFT C.P. KING STREET SJ 66 NE 4/27 Brook House Farm House II Farmhouse of late C17 origins but early C19 appearance. Red brick in English Garden Wall Bond with slate roof. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. A 2-storey, 2-bay rear wing (north-east) completes an "L" shaped plan. 2-course deep brick bands above ground floor and first floor windows. The centre bay is set forward as a two storey gabled porch, open fronted with side seats. A six panel door, with external architraves to the frame, is in line with the front wall of the house. 3-light flush casements with weathered terracotta sills and flat skewback arches, but the first floor level window in the porch projection is only 2-light. The porch roof is of shaped slates. Planted timbers with plaster infilling to gables also barge boards and finials and gable-end stacks. On west side a framed, ledged and battened door under slated pitched hood supported by shaped brackets. Interior: Six-panel doors. Bevelled beams, some cased in front of house. Dogleg staircase with heavy handrail, twisted oak balusters and panelled soffite. At first floor level there are bevelled beams and exposed joists and six-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SJ6912669782